Jon Smith is an internationally published, best-selling author of fourteen books and writer of four staged musicals. Awarded a MA in Screenwriting from the UK's Bournemouth University, his screenplays consistently place in major competitions, including Bronze Prize Winner in the PAGE international Screenwriting Competition 2017 and his feature script, THE PATH, was a semi-finalist in the China-Hollywood Fellowship Award.

His first film BEYOND THE BRIDGE written with Ian Masters premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival in 2016. He was Associate Producer on Ikonic Film's feature KIDNAP ME (2017) and Producer on Savannah Moon’s THE QUARRY (2018) and is currently developing a number of TV series and feature film projects. He has lived and worked in the USA, South Korea, Egypt & Spain and currently lives in Merseyside, England.